Only time will tell whether its just a rumour or it will be a reality. If the news published is true then Google is going to give Microsoft a scare. The news is
Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business – desktop software. A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as ‘Goobuntu’. Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, but declined to supply further details, including what the project is for
There is a screenshot of the OS too but it looks more like a neat work using photoshop or some graphic tool. But its a fact that google is in a hurry..hiring OS experts and hard core computer scientists whose background isnt search or people who have nothing to do with search or any of its core business. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/31/google_goes_desktop_linux/
Well last time i posted about Riya.com rumour and this rumour published all over the place got the company a major funding. So i dont know if google OS is true at all !!!!
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I dont agree to you , prashant. Google doesnt release rumours to make its shareprice go up. There have been countless things released by google now a days and all these are never linked to pushing the share prices or for patching up for their revenue dip. They are like politicians who do patch work before elections hahah!!!